Impact of Effective Supply Chain Management on Organisational Performance: A Case Study of Alfa Supermarkets

TOPIC OF RESEARCH
SUPPLY CHAIN

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Aim-.............................................................................................................................................4
Objectives-...................................................................................................................................4
Research Questions-....................................................................................................................4
LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................4
Theme 1: Understanding the concept of SCM............................................................................4
Theme 2: Analysing the importance of effective SCM within organisation...............................5
Theme 3: Impact of effective SCM on the overall organisational performance.........................5
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY....................................................................................................6
Research type...............................................................................................................................6
Research approach.......................................................................................................................6
Research philosophy....................................................................................................................7
Data collection.............................................................................................................................7
Population and Sampling.............................................................................................................8
Data analysis................................................................................................................................8
Reliability and validity................................................................................................................8
Research limitations.....................................................................................................................9
Ethical considerations..................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..................................................................................................................................

INTRODUCTION
Supply chain can be explained as the process which involves the production as well as
the distribution of the products and goods to the different places. Basically, it is considered as the
network of all the organisations, resources, activities as well as the technology which is
participating in the creation of the sale of the products. Effective SCM is very necessary for the
organisation as this will help the company to improve its overall performance as well as enable
the better networks with the other companies (Tseng and et.al., 2019). Having such management
will help the company to grow further in the highly competitive market. This research proposal
will include the aims and objectives of the research study and the literature review. Further, it
will also include the research methodology.
Aim-
To ascertain the impacts of effective SCM on the organisational performance: A case study of
Alfa Supermarkets
Objectives-
 To understand the concept of SCM
 To analyse the significance of having effective SCM within the organisation.
 To determine the impacts of effective SCM on the organisational performance.
 To recommend the strategies which will improve the SCM of organisation.
Research Questions-
 What is SCM?
 Why SCM is important for the organisations?
 What are the impacts of SCM on the performance of organisation?
 Which strategies will help in improving the SCM of the organisation?
LITERATURE REVIEW
Theme 1: Understanding the concept of SCM
According to the (Toorajipour and et.al., 2021), SCM can be explained as the process of
handling the overall flow of goods and services from the production till it reaches to the ultimate
user of the product. Basically, it is the practice which is used by the companies to coordinate
with the various activities which are necessary for producing as well as delivering the goods and
services to the end user or the customers. This management is considered as centralised

management which involves flow of goods and services which includes all the processes which
helps in transformation of the raw materials to the end products. This SCM represents the efforts
which are made by the suppliers for the development as well as implementation of the SC which
are efficient and economical.
As per the views of (Min, Zacharia and Smith, 2019), by seeing the need of supply chain
in today's world, it is very important for the organisation to have the effective SCM in the
organisation. SCM is nothing but management of overall flow of the goods and services from
one place to another. This has included the movement of the storage of the overall raw materials,
work in progress as well as the finished goods from the point of origin to the point of the
consumption.
Theme 2: Analysing the importance of effective SCM within organisation
By going through the article of (Koberg and Longoni, 2019), it has been identified that
the ultimate goal of the effective SCM is to make able the company to achieve the higher level of
profits by improving the satisfaction of the customers as well as lowering the cost of running the
business activities. As when the costs of the business activities are controlled and managed helps
the company to achieve the higher level of profits. Effective SCM is very important for the
organisation as this will help them in boosting the customer service as well as reducing the
operating costs within the business. It has been found that in the present era, it is very significant
for the organisations to effectively manage the supply chain of the company so that there is no
inconvenience for the flow of goods and services. There are various societal roles played by the
SCM such as it helps in sustaining the human life, improves the health of the human beings,
protection of humans from the climate changes as well as it helps in improving the quality of life
for the human beings.
According to the (Harini and et.al., 2020), the companies which are working on the
global scale, it is highly important for them to make effective SCM as this helps them in
effective flow of the goods and services from one place to another. This plays the integral part of
the overall businesses as well as it is pivotal for the success of the company as this has the
capability of affecting the performance of the organisation which ultimately leads to the success
of company.